Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 40: Series 2

While the inaugural series of

BBC1's medical drama had been

 filmed in London, a permanent

base for the set was now located

in Bristol.

However, publicity for the start

of the next season included

comments from producer Geraint

Morris, that there would be no

further instalments, stating that

the programme "should end on

a high after thirty episodes."

Following the events of Cry For

Help (in which paramedic Sandra

 Mute was stabbed), the show

regularly garnered more than ten

million viewers and subsequently, a secure future - Casualty has now

endured for forty years.

The majority of the regular cast remained unchanged - joining the show

here were Maureen O'Brien (as administrator Elizabeth Straker), Helena

 Little (Dr. Mary Tomlinson), Kate Hardie, Eddie Nestor (student nurses

Karen O'Malley and Cyril James), Ella Wilder and Geoffrey Leesley

 (paramedics Shirley Franklin and Keith Cotterill).

The fifteen part series (originally broadcast from September to

December 1987) featured a total of fifty-two Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Leesley voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Big Finish's Arrange- ments for War (2004), and Harold for AudioGo's The Broken Crown
• [John] Colin McCormack (Newman) was the Commander in The Sun Makers
• Stephanie Fayerman (Carole here; Wendy, 1996; Mother, 2006) was McLuhan in Dragonfire
• [Timothy] Tip Tipping (Driver here; Wayne, 1989) was stunt arranger on Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Survival
• Steve Whyment (Passenger) was an uncredited extra on The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance
• Richard Braine (Peter) voiced Percy Closed for The English Way of Death (2015), and Professor Linus Woolf for Entanglement (2018)
• Christopher Fairbank (Bryant) voiced Doc Baroque for The Scape- goat (2009), Pierre Arronax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2018), then appeared as Fenton in Flatline
• Patrick [David] Newell (Goldman) was Colonel Faraday in The Android Invasion
• writer David Ashton [born Scott], David Chandler (Mike) and Eric [Cecil] Deacon (Tranter here; Sambrook, 2006) all starred in Timelash, as Kendron, HG Wells and Mykros respectively
• James Beckett (Drunk) and Stephen [George] Churchett (PC Geary) both appeared in Attack of the Cybermen, as Payne and Bill
• Tony [Samuel] Selby (Leon here; Kavanagh, 1995; Hazeldene, 2005) was Sabalom Glitz in The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe and Dragonfire
• Aimée [Margaret] Delamain (Eugenie) was Dona Arana in The Two Doctors
• Graham Turner (DC Lennox here; O'Keefe, 1995; Bainbridge, 2010; Trenton, 2013/14) was Amos in The Crimson Horror
• Harry Fielder (Bains) was a Guard (PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada 
• Jared Morgan (Ambulanceman) was one of the titular mercenaries in Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Dee Sadler (Maggie here; Irene, 1990), Ian Reddington (Dancer), David Ashford (Registrar) and Dean Hollingsworth (Jason) all starred in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, as Flowerchild, the Chief Clown (reprised for The Psychic Circus), Dad/Bus Conductor respectively - the latter was also an Android in Timelash
• Hubert [Thomas Morgan] Rees (Huggins) was Chief Engineer in Fury from the Deep, Captain Ransom in The War Games, and John Stevenson in The Seeds of Doom
• Pam Ferris (Linda) voiced Lizzie Corrigan for The Eternal Summer (2009), and Amanda Steele for Night of the Vashta Nerada (2017)
• Josh Elwell (Man) was a Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (4)
• Lloyd McGuire (Harry) was Lugo in The Face of Evil, and voiced Lieutenant Tendexter for The Architects of History (2010)
• [Albert] Frank Mills (Philips) was the Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons
• Anthony Donovan (Jeweller) was Guard in The Space Pirates (1)
• Stacy Davies (Craig) was Private Perkins in The Invasion (6), and Veros in State of Decay
• Edna [Lillian] Doré [born Gorring] (Mrs. Whiting here; Grace, 1991; Joan, 1997) was Maeve in Fear Her
• David John Pope (Malik) was the Kandyman in The Happiness Patrol
• Jon [St. Alban] Laurimore [born Livermore] (Ken here; Bevins, 2001; Thirlwell, 2004) was Count Federico in The Masque of Mandragora
• [John] Roger Hammond (Man) was Francis Bacon in The Chase (1), Dr. Runciman in Mawdryn Undead, and voiced Harold Withers for The Eternal Summer (2009)
• Chris Chering (Biker) was Tetrap in Time and the Rani, and Skinhead in Silver Nemesis
• Pete Lee Wilson (Mullett here; Newton, 1995; Reed, 1999; Foster, 2002; Warwick, 2011; Stenwood, 2015) was Tommo in The End of Time (1)
• Sakuntala Ramanee (Chitra here; Shaheera, 1996; Maryam, 2023) made her TV debut in Survival as Shreela Govindia, then was Erica Larnier in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor, and voiced Hatshepsut for The Eye of Horus (2015), and Athena for The Wrath of Medusa (2022)
• John [William Francis] Hallam (Big Ted) was Light in Ghost Light
• Roy [Douglas] Purcell (Healey) was CPO Powers in The Mind of Evil, and the President in The Three Doctors
• [Thomas] Declan Mulholland (O'Grady) was Clark in The Sea Devils, and Till in The Androids of Tara
• Dadina Sagger (Leila) was an Alphan in Mindwarp (5)
• Edward [Harry] Kelsey (Pogson) was Slave Buyer in The Romans (1), Resno in The Power of the Daleks, and Edu in The Creature from the Pit
• RJ Bell (Fat Man) made his TV debut as the Garm in Terminus
• Kevin [Robert] McNally (Bennod) and Barry Stanton (Slim here; Waller, 1995) both starred in The Twin Dilemma, as Lieutenant Hugo Lang and Noma - McNally was also Professor Eustacius Jericho in Flux, and voiced Henry for Spider's Shadow (2008), Vakrass for The End of the Beginning, and Merrick Kingdom for The House of Kingdom and The Lost (all 2021)
• Judy Norman (Bingo player) was Ma in Gridlock
• [Christine] Janine Duvitski [born Drzewicki] (Joyce) voiced Alpha Wheeler for The Jabari Countdown (2018)
• Tim Faulkner (Registrar) voiced Highgate for The End of the Beginning, and Charles Hookham/Flindor/Wilbur Grits for The God of Phantoms (both 2021)
• Frank Rozelaar Green (Neighbour here; Bobo, 2003) was Sonny Hoskins in Father's Day
• [David] Roger Brierley (Coroner) was Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (8), and provided the voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
• Robert Demeger (Statham) was the Preacher in The Shakespeare Code
• script editor Susan Box was a production assistant on Full Circle
• Alan Wareing was also director of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and Survival

Doctor Who Vs. Ordeal by Innocence (1984)

Published in late 1958,

Agatha Christie's fifty-

seventh mystery novel

was one of the author's favourite works and is

now considered a classic

of the genre. The book

was first adapted by

Cannon Films for this version (which earned a

Cannes festival premiere

in 1984), followed by ITV Studio's treatment

for Marple in 2007, then

Mammoth Screen's

production was shown on BBC1 in 2018. Released in 1985, the film (screened

last night on Sky Arts) featured Donald Sutherland, Christopher Plummer,

Faye Dunaway, Sarah Miles, Ian McShane, Michael Elphick, and these nine

Doctor Who cast connections:

• Big Finish actor Michael Maloney (Micky here; Dr. Waters in By the Pricking of My Thumbs, 2006; Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, 2024) voiced Frederick Simonsson for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008), Adam Farrow for AudioGo's The Circus of Doom, Fratalin for Patient Zero, the Viryans for Blue Forgotten Planet (all 2009) and Charlotte Pollard 1 (2014), Rennol for Kiss of Death, Narrator of The Silent Stars Go By (both 2011), Hilary Hammond for Enemy Aliens (2013), Gregor Saraton for Zygon Hunt (2014), William Hogan for The Rockery (2019), and the Two for Two's Company and The Union (both 2023)
• Diana [Marilyn] Quick (Gwenda here; Mrs. Welman in Sad Cypress, 2003) voiced Prime for Scream of the Shalka
• Annette [Ross Mcleod] Crosbie (Kirsten) was Mrs. Angelo in The Eleventh Hour
• Ron [Henry] Pember (Ferryman here; Jarrold in The Girl in the Train) voiced Seedle for Slipback
• Billy McColl [born Collins] (Jacko) was Humker in The Mysterious Planet
• [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Solicitor here; Dr. Markwell in Murder at the Gallop) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
• Brian Glover (Executioner) was [Charlie] Griffiths in Attack of the Cybermen
• Martin [Ryan] Grace (stunt co-ordinator) was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
• Rocky Taylor (stunt driver here; stunt advisor on The Secret Adversary, 1983) was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern

Doctor Who On This Day #5

 

1929 - Composer Norman Forbes

Kay born in Bolton

1966 - Marco Polo, Episode 5: Rider

from Shang-Tu repeated on ABC

1967 - Marco Polo, Episode 4: The Wall of Lies repeated on TV1;

The Romans, Episode 4: Inferno, The Massacre, Episode 3: Priest

of Death and The Ark, Episode 3: The Return repeated and The

Celestial Toymaker, Episode 3: The Dancing Floor first screened,
all on ABC

1968 - The Moonbase, Episode 4 repeated and The Faceless

Ones, Episode 3 repeated and Episode 4 first screened, all 

on ABC
1969 - The Space Museum, Episode 1 and The Time Meddler, 
Episode 3: A Battle of Wits both repeated and Galaxy 4, Episode 
3: Air Lock first screened, all on TV1; and The Web of Fear, 
Episodes 1 to 5 repeated and Episode 6 first screened, all on ABC
1970 - The Highlanders, Episodes 2 and 3 and The Moonbase, 
Episode 1 repeated and The Macra Terror, Episode 1 first screened, 
all on TV1; The Evil of the Daleks, Episodes 2 and 5, The Web 
of Fear, Episode 2, The Ice Warriors, Episode 5 and The Enemy

of the World, Episode 2 all repeated on ABC
1971 - The Wheel in Space, Episode

5 and The Dominators, Episode 5

both repeated on ABC

1973 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 1 repeated and

The Claws of Axos, Episode 1 repeated and Episode

2 first screened, all on ABC

1974 - The Time Warrior, Part 4 first

screened on BBC1

1979 - The Android Invasion, Part 2

first screened on TV2
1980 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

5 first screened on TV2; and The Horns

of Nimon, Part 3 first screened on BBC1

1981 - Nightmare of Eden, Part 1 first screened on TV2
1982 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Castrovalva, Part 2 first

screened on BBC1 (except BBC Wales)

1983 - The Ribos Operation, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Arc of Infinity, Part 2 first

screened on BBC1

1984 - Black Orchid, Part 2 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Warriors of the Deep, Part 1 first

 screened on BBC1

1985 - Death to the Daleks, Part 2 repeated

 on KQED Plus; and Attack of the Cybermen,

Part 1 first screened on BBC1

1986 - Spearhead from Space Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - Actress Mandip Kaur Gill born in Leeds;

The Robots of Death, Part 3 repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Stones of Blood, Part 3 repeated

on TV2
1989 - Terror of the Autons, Episode

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Keeper of Traken, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus; and The

Mysterious Planet, Part 3 first screened

 on TV2

1991 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 and

Earthshock Omnibus both repeated on

KQED Plus

1993 - The Gunfighters, Episode 4:

The OK Corral repeated on UK Gold

1994 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode

 1: The Sea of Death repeated on UK

Gold; and Terminus, Part 4 repeated

on ABC

1995 - The Greatest Show in the

Galaxy, Part 4 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - Underworld, Part 2 repeated

on UK Gold
1997 - Remembrance of the Daleks

Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Chase, Episode 2: The Death of Time first screened 

on Space; The Stones of Blood Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; 

and State of Decay, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - The Chase, Episode 2: The Death of Time repeated on

Space; and The Sea Devils, Episode 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - The Ark, Episode 1: The Steel Sky repeated on Space
2001 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode 1 repeated on Prime;

Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus);

and Image of the Fendahl, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on NHPTV

2002 - The Sea Devils Omnibus repeated on KERA;

The Ark in Space, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

MiND; The Seeds of Doom, Part 1 repeated on BBC

 Kids (Can); Arc of Infinity, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on Colorado PTV; The King's Demons

 Omnibus and The Five Doctors both repeated on

 UKTV (Aus); The Two Doctors, Parts 5 and 6 (of 6)

both repeated on BBC Prime; and Delta and the

 Bannermen Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

2003 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on WSKG;

The Android Invasion, Part 2 repeated on WCNY; Image

 of the Fendahl Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can);

The Stones of Blood, Part 3 repeated on WILL; The

Androids of Tara, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on MiND;
The Horns of Nimon, Part 4 repeated on KUED; Logopolis

 Omnibus repeated on MPT; Terminus, Part 2 repeated

on WQED; The Awakening Omnibus repeated on WCET;

Timelash, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on NHPTV;

Revelation of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both

repeated on KBTC; Mindwarp, Parts 5 and 6 both

 repeated on Colorado PTV; Delta and the

Bannermen Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and

Ghost Light, Part 3 and The Curse of Fenric,

Part 1 both repeated on Iowa PTV

2004 - The Leisure Hive Omnibus

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2008 - Rose and The End of the World both repeated on UK Gold;
and The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock both repeated on France 4
2009 - The King's Demons, Part 2 and The Five Doctors, Part 1 (of
4) both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; New Earth repeated
on KVCR;  and School Reunion first screened on Syfy (Spa)
2010 - Rose and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Bringing

Back the Doctor both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Fear Her

repeated on Syfy (Spa); and Dreamland Omnibus and

Doctor Who Confidential: Lords and Masters both

repeated on BBC3

2011 - The Parting of the Ways repeated

 on Space; Gridlock repeated on Syfy (Ben);

and The Lazarus Experiment repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

2012 - Timelash, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on MTV3 SciFi
and TV4; The Unquiet Dead repeated on Watch; Aliens of London 
repeated on ABC2; 42 and The Beast Below both repeated on BBC
America; Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Stage Fright repeated
on UKTV (Aus); and Greatest Moments: Hostile Humans repeated
on ABC1

2013 - The Eleventh Hour repeated on Fox (FRG); Cold Blood 
repeated on BBC3; and The God Complex repeated on WTTW Prime
2014 - The Ark in Space, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
The Face of Evil, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; The Unquiet 
Dead repeated on TV3 (Spa); The Christmas Invasion repeated on
BBC Entertainment LA and France 4; New Earth, Tooth and

Claw, School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace all repeated
on France 4; The Runaway Bride and The Angels Take Manhattan 
both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Voyage of the Damned,
The Next Doctor and The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated
on BBC Entertainment LA and Watch; The Family of Blood 
repeated on Syfy (Port); Forest of the Dead repeated on UKTV
(Aus); The Eleventh Hour repeated on Jeem TV (UK); A Christmas 
Carol and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe both repeated
on Watch; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on Iowa PTV;

The Snowmen and The Day of the Doctor both

 repeated on RAI4; The Rings of Akhaten first

screened on WPT; Cold War repeated on Syfy

(Spa); The Crimson Horror repeated on MPTV;

The Time of the Doctor repeated on DR3; and

 Doctor Who Confidential: Shadow Play and

Alien Abduction both repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU, Rom and ME

2015 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Horror;

The Seeds of Doom, Parts 1 and 2 and The Doctor, the Widow

 and the Wardrobe all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Rose and The End

of the World both repeated on EBRU; The Christmas Invasion and

New Earth both repeated on BBC America; Cold Blood repeated on 

Watch; The Impossible Astronaut repeated on BBC Entertainment

AP and WPT; Day of the Moon repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

Let's Kill Hitler repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Caretaker repeated 

on BBC Entertainment RSA; and Last Christmas repeated on BBC 

Entertainment LA

2016 - The Robots of Death, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Invisible Enemy, Part 4, The Sun Makers, Part 1, Amy's 
Choice and The Almost People all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Pirate 
Planet, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; Rose and The End of 
the World both repeated on France 4; The Curse of the Black Spot 
repeated on TV Cultura; The Snowmen repeated on BBC Nordic

HD and BBC Polska HD; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; The Caretaker and Kill the Moon both

repeated on BBC America; and The Magician's Apprentice

repeated on WGVU
2017 - The Pirate Planet, Part 4 and The Stones of Blood, Part 1
both repeated on Retro TV; The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible
Planet and The Satan Pit all repeated on BBC America; Army of
Ghosts repeated on Syfy (Aus); The End of Time, Part 2 and
Doctor Who Extra: Deep Breath and Into the Dalek all repeated
on BBC Polska HD; Listen repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Heaven
Sent repeated on BBC First (ME)
2018 - The Face of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Jones! too; 

The Visitation, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Parting 

of the Ways repeated on Star World Premiere; Daleks in Manhattan 

repeated on ABC and ABC ME; The Hungry Earth repeated on BBC 

Polska HD; The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People both repeated

 on RAI4; The Angels Take Manhattan, The Bells of Saint John and 

The Rings of Akhaten all repeated on Sony SciFi; Cold War 

repeated on Syfy (Bra); and The Pyramid at the End of the 

World repeated on DR3

2019 - 100,000 BC, The Daleks, The Edge of Destruction, The Keys
of Marinus, The Aztecs Omnibuses and The Sensorites, Episodes 1 to
4 all streamed on Twitch TV; The Mark of the Rani, Part 4 (of 4), The
Two Doctors, Part 1 (of 6), The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Part 4 
and Battlefield, Part 1 all repeated on Retro TV; The Eleventh Hour 
and The Beast Below both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Zygon 
Invasion repeated on RAI4; The Return of Doctor Mysterio repeated 
on BBC Entertainment EU; and Resolution repeated on BBC2
2020 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 1 and 2 and Planet

of the Spiders, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on

Retro TV; The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated

on WSRE; Pyramids of Mars Omnibus repeated

on MPTV; The Leisure Hive, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on KBTC; Attack of the Cybermen

Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Silver Nemesis

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; Hide, Journey to

the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror

all repeated on W; The Return of Doctor Mysterio

and Twice Upon a Time both repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; Spyfall, Part 1 repeated on BBC

America, Part 2 first screened on BBC1 HD, BBC1

and TV2 and Omnibus screened at the Paley Center,

New York and at cinemas (US)

2021 - The Mind Robber, Episodes 1 and 2 both

repeated on Retro TV; The Unquiet Dead repeated

on ABC2; Vincent and the Doctor repeated on BBC

Polska HD; Hell Bent, The Husbands of River Song,

The Return of Doctor Mysterio, The Pilot and Smile

all repeated on Sony SciFi; The Eaters of Light and

World Enough and Time both repeated on One ARD;

and Arachnids in the UK and It Takes You Away both

repeated on  Syfy (Fra)

2022 - The War Games, Episode 2

repeated on ONS; Planet of Evil, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC

Polska HD; The Girl Who Died and Eve

of the Daleks both repeated on BBC First

Turkey; Face the Raven repeated on

ABC2; and The Pilot, Smile, Thin Ice and

Arachnids in the UK all repeated on NRJ12

2023 - The Sontaran Stratagem repeated

on Fox SciFi; and Day of the Moon repeated

on ABC2

2024 - The Mysterious Planet, Part

4 and Mindwarp, Part 1 both repeated

on Retro TV; and The Zygon Invasion,

The Woman Who Fell to Earth and The

Ghost Monument all repeated on Fox SciFi

2025 - The Stones  of Blood, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;

Resolution repeated on ABC Family;

and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD

screened on Film4